Hi there I had a small medical negligence claim against a dentist and last week the dentist's insurance company offered to settle out of court through my solicitor.They negotiated the sum up to €10000.00 plus legal costs.I was happy to accept this and close the matter.I was then told by my solicitor that I would be expected to make a contribution of €1500.00 from my €10000.00 to my legal costs and he would give me the remaining €8500.00.I didn't expect this and queried it and was givin a load of legal mumbo jumbo that it is the normal procedure these days....Just wondering if anyone has any experience of this and is it right??